Research

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By Vaish Puri / August 26, 2022

Following up my last piece (where I discussed the role sharding is playing in solving decentralized scaling), it’s time to discuss a novel model that could be the savior of Ethereum: danksharding. Danksharding gets its name from its creator and Ethereum Researcher: Dankrad Feist. The change in name is intended to indicate a transition from […]

By Jack Melnick / February 28, 2022

If you missed our original piece on Olympus DAO, or the piece comparing OHM Fork revenues and dilution, definitely check them out to set the stage. Olympus came up with a unique mechanism for “optimal control and model predictive control in DeFi”, as a recent academic paper by Chitra et al. published out of Berkeley […]

By Jack Melnick / February 09, 2022

Over the opening month of 2022 there has been a LOT of drama in Crypto. The lead Treasurer of Wonderland.Money, 0xSifu, was revealed to be QuadrigaCX’s co-founder Michael Patryn. On top of that, the other co-founder, Dani, knew it was the case and unilaterally withheld the information from the ‘DAO’. Investors were displeased (duh) when […]

By Treyce Dahlem / August 02, 2021

Lately, two prominent figures have had their way with the cryptocurrency markets via their Twitter activity; Elon Musk and Michael Saylor. Let’s analyze the impact of their tweets in relation to crypto prices.

By Justin Barlow / July 21, 2021

Introduction Over the past few years, blockchain has emerged as one of the most valuable tools in adding value to previously illiquid assets. By adding virtual assets to the blockchain, users have been able to create wealth in new ways. According to Pew Research, online gaming has also grown immensely in recent years, with more […]

By Sting / July 14, 2021

What is Avalanche? Avalanche is a Layer 0 ecosystem made up of three core Blockchains each optimized for specific tasks within the network. AVAX, the native utility token of the Avalanche Network is used to pay fees for transactions, delegate to secure the network, as well as pair with other assets or stable coins to […]

By Justin Barlow / July 06, 2021

Introduction The study of economic models and token distributions in the cryptocurrency market has become known as token economics in recent years. For any crypto to have value, it needs some incentive for users to hold that token. This in turn incentivizes demand for the token which leads to an increase in price.  There are […]

By Treyce Dahlem / May 24, 2021

Solana has proven itself to be a reliable Smart Contract solution for decentralized applications that need high speed and extremely low cost.

By Erik Saberski / May 04, 2021

In Sector Analysis: Which Category of Coins is Best, we look at some of the potential drivers that move an entire sector and whether this information can be made actionable in a trade setting.

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